Canelo Alvarez dominates Gennady Golovkin to retain undisputed super-middleweight championship on points

Canelo Alvarez won his third encounter with Gennady Golovkin by unanimous decision after 12 gruelling rounds to defend his undisputed super-middleweight championship in Las Vegas. All three judges scored the fight — 116-112, 115-113, 115-113 — in favour of Alvarez. The pair warmly embraced each other afterwards despite their previous two fights being marred by controversy.

Ad «Thank you my friend, we gave the fans three great fights,» Canelo said after the fight. BoxingJoshua accepts terms to fight Fury in all-British heavyweight showdown13/09/2022 AT 09:58 «I want to shake hands with Canelo,” Golovkin said. “Congrats to all his team.

He's a real warrior — if you don't understand that, you don't understand nothing.» Alvarez and Golovkin had two memorable middleweight title fights in 2017 and 2018. The first fight was bitterly contested and ended in a draw, although boxing critics felt Golovkin deserved the win. The second – which Canelo won on a majority decision — was delayed as Alvarez was handed a six-month suspension because he tested positive in a drugs test which he blamed on eating contaminated meat.

After two closely contested fights, Alvarez deservedly won what was surely the final chapter of their meetings. The Mexican dominated from the first round and had plenty of joy with his left hook. Golovkin’s trainer Johnathan Banks told his fighter «let’s go to work» after an eighth round with the Kazakh evidently behind on points.

Golovkin improved from the ninth round onwards and began to land with his jab, but Alvarez was not hurt. For Golovkin, the night ended with him losing his second fight in 45 career bouts. When Golovkin, 40, was asked if he would continue fighting he said: «Absolutely, I still have this fire